I am so happy to share this weeks interview with Lorna Grey from @nipnacks who creates beautiful ceramics. In today’s interview Lorna shares with us an insight into how she started her creative business, how she explores her sexuality and kink within her work and how making her boob pots helped build self love. Read on to find out more...
Tell us a bit about yourself and your practice?
I am Lorna (she/her), the artist behind Nipnacks. I work as a shoe designer whilst also running my business making tit pots! I started Nipnacks in March, during the first lockdown when I was furloughed and needed something to keep me busy. I practically begged my friends to let me make them a tit pot at first and it went from there!
What inspires your art form?
The inspiration behind my art is self love and sexuality. The first time I made a tit pot based on my own tits (despite the fact it was very wonky!), I felt really empowered. I've always been self conscious of my boobs, and during the time since starting Nipnacks I feel so much more comfortable in my body. Something that inspires me to keep making pots is the idea that I could help someone else feel a bit more comfortable in their body, by always being able to stare at their tits on the mantlepiece! I'm also really enjoying exploring the theme of sexuality and how different people express that; be it through nudity, lingerie, or kink.
Who is/are your favourite creative/s that explore body acceptance / fat acceptance / self-love within their work?
I absolutely love Sally Hewett's (sally_hewett) work! They use fabric and embroidery to create artwork of bodies and skin decorated with scars, hair, stretch marks etc. The representation of different types of bodies in their work is amazing. Other artists I'm loving under this theme are _thetits, gashtrays_, and lydiareeves_artist.
What would you like to tell the person reading this about body acceptance / body neutrality / fat acceptance?
I can only speak from experience, but I would say that I spent a lot of time trying to get validation from other people. I only started accepting my body for what it was when I worked on my own mental health and self esteem. This took dumping my boyfriend and living by myself for a year which may not be the route for everyone, but it definitely helped me!
What is your favourite piece you have created and why?
My favourite piece was my devil goddess pot. I think the reason for this is because it was a really technically difficult piece and when I started it I thought it was going to look shit, but I proved myself wrong! After only starting with ceramics less than a year ago I felt really proud of that one.
Thank you so much Lorna for sharing with us your process, why you create you wonderful ceramics and
your thoughts on self love in this lovely creative interview.
If you would like to find out more about Lorna click here to go to her instagram @nipnacks
Thanks for reading and take care x
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